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title: "Coloradostreifenhörnchen"
description: "Neotamias quadrivittatus — Säugetiere. The Colorado chipmunk (Neotamias quadrivittatus) is a species of chipmunk in the squirrel family Sciuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/colorado-chipmunk
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Coloradostreifenhörnchen

> Neotamias quadrivittatus — Säugetiere. The Colorado chipmunk (Neotamias quadrivittatus) is a species of chipmunk in the squirrel family Sciuridae.

- Scientific name: *Neotamias quadrivittatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Säugetiere)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald), `mountains` (Gebirge)
- iNaturalist observations: 1799
- Wikidata: [Q21731135](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21731135)
- iNaturalist taxon: [225749](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/225749)

## Names

- en: Colorado Chipmunk
- de: Coloradostreifenhörnchen
- nl: Coloradochipmunk

## Countries with the most observations

US (638)

## Summary

The Colorado chipmunk (Neotamias quadrivittatus) is a species of chipmunk in the squirrel family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico in the United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_chipmunk

## Photo

![Coloradostreifenhörnchen](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/colorado-chipmunk/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Holle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/319082009

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/colorado-chipmunk?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).